The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued an order quashing the FIR registered against former state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nalin Kumar Kateel in connection with the allegation of extortion in the name of electoral bonds.
The BJP has named Brijesh Chowta, a former army officer and entrepreneur, as its replacement for incumbent Dakshina Kannada MP and former Karnataka BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel.
Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday appointed Vijayendra Yediyurappa, son of former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, as president of its Karnataka unit.
Reacting to the BJP's decision to conduct a statewide study tour to assess the drought situation in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah called it a farce and demanded BJP leaders to make an appeal to the centre for relief fund.
As per the official statement by the party's state General Secretary Ashwath Narayan, out of two teams, one will be led by BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel consisting of 11 members, and the other, with 10 members, will be led by National General Secretary C T Ravi.
Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday constituted two fact-finding teams under Nalin Kumar Kateel, party's karnataka unit president and National Secreary CT Ravi, to look into the alleged murder cases of a Jain monk and Yuva Brigade member, in Belagavi and Mysuru districts, respectively.
BJP karnataka Party state president Nalin Kumar Kateel said, "I take responsibility for the defeat as the state president. I will work responsibly as a good opposition party in the state."
The Election Commission on Monday issued a notice to the BJP's Karnataka president Nalin Kumar Kateel for publishing an advertisement in an English daily with "unsubstantiated" claims, as alleged by the Congress.
"First they (Congress) called us a 40-per cent commssion government and now they are carrying out this PayCM campaign against us. Neither of these campaigns have failed to resonate with the masses. Now there is a Modi Tsunami in the state. Disturbed by the BJP's popularity in the state, the
Speaking to reporters in Hubballi, Kateel said, "BJP is making efforts to win more seats in Old Mysore, a JDS stronghold. A lot of publicity work is being done and BJP is also calling star campaigners."
Kateel said that the Bommai government has taken the right decision to scrap 4% reservation for minority communities. The decision has been taken so as not to cause injustice to any community. "Congress is playing politics in this issue. I am ready for an open discussion on this matter. It's